Drumcondra, Dublin

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Drumcondra
Droim Conrach

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
53°22′06″N 6°15′21″W / 53.368351, -6.255759

Irish grid reference
O158368

Statistics

Population (2002)

8,738

Drumcondra (Irish: Droim Conrach, meaning Conra's Ridge) is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It was the central area of the district of Clonturk, and the two names were used equally for, for example, the religious and civil parishes.

The River Tolka and the Royal Canal flow through the area.

The area is the site of the palace of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and three colleges are located here: All Hallows College, Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick's College of Education. All three of these colleges are associated with the Irish Roman Catholic Church and Dublin City University.

1 History
2 People
3 Sport
4 Transport
5 References
6 See also

[edit] History

The Cat and Cage Pub on the Drumcondra Road was the site of an old postal stop and the point at which rebels, during the 1798 rebellion, seized a postal cart in order to signal to others in north Co. Dublin to revolt. Incidentally, the Cat and Cage is located at the corner of Church Avenue, the location of Bertie Ahern's family home (see below).

[edit] People

Drumcondra is today famous as the birthplace and residence of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, TD. The residence of the Archbishop of Dublin is also in Drumcondra. Aidan Gillen, star of Queer as Folk, is also from Drumcondra.

[edit] Sport

One of the main sights of Dublin is Croke Park, where Ireland's national games of Gaelic football and hurling are often to be seen. One of the largest sports stadiums in Europe, 'Croker' is the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association and also houses the official GAA Museum. The finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship are played in the stadium almost every year. Drumcondra is also the location of the Tolka Park soccer stadium, the home of Shelbourne F.C..

[edit] Transport

The district is served by Drumcondra railway station, on the main Drumcondra road. The station initially opened on 1 April 1901 but closed on 1 December 1910^[1] with the termination of Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station) to Amiens Street (now Connolly Station) services. Part of the original building was demolished in late 1918. It reopened on 2 March 1998 as a station on the Maynooth/Longford commuter line.

Griffith Avenue, which runs through Glasnevin, Drumcondra and Marino, is the longest tree lined Avenue in the Northern Hemisphere with no retail outlets. The Avenue spans 3 electoral constituencies.